Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Lia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Being a Navigator kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her fur is black and curly. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She got into the Weaver business at a young age. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She struck the Weaver job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a worn and beaten armor. Her bronze crest is thinning but still full. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Through the years after Jheri was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Jheri's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She tends to her Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 2000 cp. 2 Holy water.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a club on his belt. His hair is short and brown. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Miner. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He worked as a nervous Miner and found it very stressful. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: This malnourished woman typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. Her copper crest is matted, messy, and big. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Raiann never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He comes from a rich western family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 150 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her brass crest is singed and shortened. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. She struck the Mason job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and to be a sailor again

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 80 gp.